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Anthropic updates Claude usage policy, adding stricter cybersecurity rules and explicitly banning the development of WMDs, and loosens political content rules (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/760080/anthropic-updated-usage-policy-…

Anthropic has new rules for a more dangerous AI landscape
Anthropic has updated its usage policy to ban people from using its AI chatbot to help develop biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear weapons.

Roblox launches a licensing platform that creators can browse to apply for "licensed use of IP", starting with Netflix, Lionsgate, and two others as partners (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/707075/roblox…

Roblox creators can now make their own Stranger Things and Twilight games
Roblox’s new licensing platform is launching with partners like Lionsgate and Netflix.

Wait I thought it’s the future of humanity and close to AGI https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/759965/sam-altman-openai-ai-bubble-interview

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These smart glasses use AI to help low-vision users
Accessibility-focused tech provider Envision has partnered with Solos to launch new smart glasses specifically designed for blind and low-vision users.

Guys! Dark Helmet, Lone Starr and Yogurt are back! There's going to be a Spaceballs sequel! It's happening! https://www.theverge.com/news/687056/spaceballs-2-mel-brooks-yogurt-returning-2027

Nextdoor unveils new features like an interactive neighborhood map called Alerts, partners with 3,500 local news outlets, and more, to revitalize its app (Mia Sato/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/706618/nextdoor-redesign-ai-reco…

Can Nextdoor overhaul itself to be useful?
Neighborhood app Nextdoor is adding local news content, an AI-powered recommendations chatbot, and a map of emergency events.

Sam Altman says OpenAI "totally screwed up some things" on the GPT-5 rollout, confirms plans to fund a brain-computer interface startup to rival Neuralink (Alex Heath/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/command-line-news

I talked to Sam Altman about the GPT-5 launch fiasco
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed criticism of GPT-5’s rollout, the AI bubble, launching a social network and brain-computer interface, buying Google Chrome, and more.

Anthropic now uses Canva's MCP server, letting Canva users manage designs via Claude's UI, following similar integrations with Figma, Notion, Stripe, and Prisma (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/706637/canva-anthropic-claude-ai-mcp-s…

Anthropic’s Claude chatbot can now make and edit your Canva designs
Canva users can now create, edit, and manage their designs by describing their requirements to Anthropic’s Claude AI.

Q&A with OpenAI VP and Head of ChatGPT Nick Turley on ChatGPT's future, showing ads in chatbots, hallucinations, GPT-5 blowback, 4o, subscriptions, and more (Alex Heath/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/decoder-podcast-w

The head of ChatGPT on AI attachment, ads, and what’s next
The head of ChatGPT at OpenAI on AI attachment, ads, and whata’s next for chatbots.

Google says it is testing Audio Overviews for certain Search queries, available for Labs users in English in the US (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/686904/google-audio-overviews-ai-podcast-search

Google’s test turns search results into an AI-generated podcast
Google is rolling out a test that puts Audio Overviews directly in your search results. The feature lets you generate AI podcast-style discussions based on certain queries.